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Question: Dr. Dobson, we have a twenty-one-year-old who is still living at home. He does not want to come under our authority and he breaks all the rules we have set up as minimum standards of behavio
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Question: Dr. Dobson, we have a twenty-one-year-old who is still living at home. He does not want to come under our authority and he breaks all the rules we have set up as minimum standards of behavio
Helping your children prepare now might save them from dangerous peer pressure they'll face later.
It occurred first in 1969, when my book Dare to Discipline was being written. I was running at an incredible speed, working myself to death like every other man I knew. I was Superintendent of Youth for my church, and labored under a heavy speaking schedule. Eight or ten "unofficial" responsibilities were added to my full-time commitment at USC School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.
There is often an irrationality associated with adolescence that can be terribly frustrating to parents. It is difficult at that time to reason your way out of conflict.
What you teach your kids in the early years is critical. Researcher George Barna confirmed what we have knownthat it becomes progressively more difficult to influence children spiritually as they grow
Launching our kids toward independence means matching their pace of maturity and slowly letting go.
Adolescence is tough enough. Today's commentary explains how broken homes make it even worse.
Does your teen spend most of their free time with their face buried in a screen? Do most of your conversations with your teen revolve around disciplining or correcting? Do you miss the times when you and your teen just talked without conflicts?
Question: Dr. Dobson, what has been your greatest challenge as a father? What did you learn from it?
When children enter the teen years, it’s natural for them to pull away from mom and dad. They’re trying to spread their wings and fly, which can create apprehension in a parent’s heart. But in this video, Ron and Trina Alleyne explain how to have hope when your kids seem lost. Their insights come from Dr. James and Shirley Dobson’s book Night Light for Parents (page 223).



